St Edmund's Catholic School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Dover · CT16 2QB · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att838.1
- P8-0.1
- EM5+30%
- Absence9.4%
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 136177
Duke of York's Royal Military School
Academy sponsor led · Dover · CT15 5EQ
Ages 11–18 · 470 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
55.1
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.67
−20+2
Attainment 855.1
English & maths grade 5+60%
English & maths grade 4+81%
EBacc entry27%
EBacc APS: 4.9
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.87 · Often has places
1st preferences
13
Places offered
17
1st-preference offers
12
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 32
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 17
- Applications from outside LA
- 18
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 11
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill65%
470 pupils · 722 places
- Pupils on roll
- 470
- Boys / girls
- 277 / 193
- School capacity
- 722
- Capacity fill
- 470 / 722 (65%)
- Free school meals
- 0%
- FSM pupils
- 0
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: DYRMS - AN ACADEMY WITH MILITARY TRADITIONS
- Academy trust
- DYRMS - AN ACADEMY WITH MILITARY TRADITIONS
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Defence
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Foreman
Location
- Address
- Duke of York's Royal Military School
- Postcode
- CT15 5EQ
- Town
- Dover
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Dover, Kent, 470 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 0%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Dover Grammar School for Girls
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Secondary
Dover · CT16 2PZ · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att859.3
- P80.2
- EM5+72%
- Absence7.6%
1.0 miles away
Dover Christ Church Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Dover · CT16 2EG · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att827.7
- P8-1.1
- EM5+9%
- Absence11.8%
1.2 miles away
Dover Grammar School for Boys
Ofsted: Not judgedFoundation school · Secondary
Dover · CT17 0DQ · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att859.1
- P80.5
- EM5+80%
- Absence6.6%
1.9 miles away
Astor Secondary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Secondary
Dover · CT17 0AS · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att828.6
- P8-1.0
- EM5+9%
- Absence15.7%
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Foreman
- Telephone
- 01304245023